Plastic overshoot day report 2024
Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day
Pollution
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In A Spot
Are the new industrial siting rules a boon or a bane?
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Green Implications
GREEN IMPLICATIONS Though a few proposals in the 1991 budget may be termed eco-friendly, the overall trend remains hostile towards the environment
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Asthma victims: added cause for anxiety
Pollution is leading to a higher incidence of asthma, and studies show that a commonly used treatment may increase the risk of death from the disease
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The efficient way of looking at waste disposal
Urban waste will cease to be a problem if it is treated as a resource rather than refuse from consumption, which requires disposal.
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Changing colours
The Goan government echoes environmental concerns in its state budget
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Dream ride
A non polluting, community owned mass transport system for Mumbai
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Japanese government indicted
Justice delayed is indeed justice denied, but in this case it will have at least some benefits. Japan's Supreme Court (SC) has held the government responsible for the spread of the Minamata
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The unipolar world goes green
An excerpt from State of the World 1992
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Questions the modern world can't answer
THE TITLE of Frederique Apffel Marglin and Tariq Banuri's book, Who will Save the Forests?, sounds more like a rhetorical question or an impassioned plea than the launch of a sophisticated academic
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Nature's pollution indicators
Certain plant and animal species are being used as "early warning systems" for pollution